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Monday, June 07, 2010

One hundred fifty years ago today . . . on the 7th day of June . . . in the year 1860 . . . Luke Bryan, Ass't. Marshal, was enumerating Slave Owners in Liberty County, Texas . . . including my 3rd great-grandma, Elizabeth Beale . . . aka Elizabeth Lemaire Beale nee Waring . . . who is shown as the Owner of one black female aged 23 and one black male 8 years of age . . . who were presumably living in the "Slave house" in Liberty which is indicated as belonging to Elizabeth . . .

MUSTON :: Possible and / or Probable Ancestors

* The following are believed to be ancestral surnames of Charles G. Muston (1882-1915) who died in Texas and is believed to have been born there
* Allard
* Burt
* Griggs
* Jordan
* King
* Muston
* Newsome
* Olive

NETTLES :: Possible and / or Probable Ancestors

* The following are believed to be ancestral surnames of Joseph Helidorah Nettles (1832-1890) who was born in Alabama and died in Texas
* Carter
* Connor?
* Ditto?
* Dunaway?
* Eastern?
* Fulton
* Nettles
* Saunders?
* West

POUNDERS :: Possible and / or Probable Ancestors

* The following are believed to be ancestral surnames of Jacob Edmund Forrest Pounders (1902-1957) who was born and died in Texas
* CAIN :: Isaac Cosby Cain is POSSIBLY father of Mary Susan Pounders nee [Cain]
* Holcomb
* Holland
* Pounders
* Quinn

SHARP :: Possible and / or Probable Ancestors

* The following are believed to be ancestral surnames of Samuel Houston Sharp (1839-1885) who was born and died in Texas
* Daniel
* GILL :: earliest is William GILL who died in 1804 in Kentucky
* Griggs
* PAYNE :: earliest is Rhoda (PAYNE) Roberts who died after 1805
* ROBERTS :: earliest is George ROBERTS who died ca. 1773 in Virginia
* SHARP :: earliest is John M. SHARP who presumably died before 1846 in Texas